Newsday.com to begin charging readers Oct 23, 2009
Newsday said readers who do not subscribe to the print version of the newspaper or Cablevision, the cable television service which owns the daily, will have to pay five dollars a week for full access to Newsday. com. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Marblehead Comcast subscribers invited to public hearing Oct. 28 Oct 17, 2009
Marblehead residents who have interest, concerns or questions relating to their cable television service are invited to attend a public hearing with Comcast on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. The hearing will be conducted within the context of the Board of Selectmen s meeting and will be televised live on MHTV.. The town s original license with then cable operator Continental Cablevision was signed in 1985 and a renewal license was signed with the company s eventual owner MediaOne in 2000. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Get all Americans online, panel says Oct 4, 2009
Government should provide incentives to broadband and cable television service providers so they quickly wire areas that are underserved. The commission said independent journalism plays a vital watchdog role and wrestled with how to encourage it. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Panel urges expansion of access to Internet Oct 2, 2009
Government should also provide incentives to broadband and cable television service providers so they quickly wire areas that are underserved. As this is being done, the commission said funding should be provided so public libraries can make Internet access and media literacy programs readily available. (Boston Globe)
• Rene Debets Oct 2, 2009
He helped bring the first cable television service to the county. Rene was a longtime employee of Metropolitan Life Insurance, and owned Stillwagon Insurance Agency. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Get everyone in US online, high-level panel says Oct 2, 2009
Government should also provide incentives to broadband and cable television service providers so they quickly wire areas that are underserved. Michael Powell, a former Federal Communications Commission chairman and member of the Knight group, said he would like to see the FCC be less entangled in regulation and take a more active role in seeing these goals are met. (Anchorage Daily News)
Media Debt Sales of $18.3 Billion Show Financing Is Available for Mergers Sep 11, 2009
the biggest U.S. cable television service, is sitting on $4 billion. On Aug. 28, a U.S. Appeals Court threw out government-imposed market-share limits. (Bloomberg -- US)
Cellular South Announces Television Broadcast Schedule for 'Y'all vs. Us' Reality Series on Wayne County, West Jones High School Football Teams Sep 5, 2009
Cellular South customers and high school football fans should check local listings to confirm station and air times, which may vary depending on whether they receive traditional, satellite or cable television service. Other broadcast elements of the program include statewide airing of the five biggest rivalry games this fall on NBC, ABC and Fox television affiliates in Mississippi and Tennessee and a five-part documentary series featuring game highlights and telling the story behind each... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cellular South Announces Television Broadcast Schedule for High School Football Rivalry Games to be Featured in 'Y'all vs. Us' Program This Fall Aug 29, 2009
Cellular South customers and high school football fans should check local listings to confirm station channel details, which may vary depending on whether they receive traditional, satellite or cable television service. To bring the action to high school football fans across the region, games will be aired on a combination of primary and secondary digital channels of NBC affiliates WLBT in Jackson, WDAM in Hattiesburg and WMC in Memphis along with ABC affiliates WLOX in Biloxi, WABG in Greenwood... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
BELD Broadband wins customer service award Aug 29, 2009
BELD Broadband, which has offered high-speed Internet service since 1998, cable television service since 2000, and phone service since 2006, has received accolades for the award from a variety of industry leaders. You face tough competition every day, and as more and more of our members begin to face competition, it is great to have a company like yours and people like you where I can point them to to learn and network, wrote Robert Shema, vice president and chief operations officer of the... (Braintree Forum, MA)
Heavy rain threatens road in Palm Coast Aug 16, 2009
And telephone and cable television service may have been disrupted, he said. The pipe and structure separates the Fentress Cove freshwater stormwater system and Fentress Cove saltwater canals, Moden said. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
More of this story Aug 5, 2009
Montrose Mayor Larry Coulter is anticipating providing residents with cable television service in the near future that will allow the city to provide up-to-date information about upcoming events, announcements and 24 hour local weather updates. Coulter said Dean Hill, Jr., donated the former Dean Hill Cable Company facility and equipment to the city. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
Fleming connects with Verizon Jul 25, 2009
Fleming residents are closer to having more choices for their cable television service now that the town has approved an agreement with Verizon. The Town of Fleming is the first community in Cayuga County to sign on for Verizon services, according to a Verizon press release. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Fleming Becomes Fifth Municipality in Central New York to Award TV Franchise to Verizon Jul 18, 2009
NEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Residents of the Town of Fleming in Cayuga County are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television service, thanks to a newly approved agreement authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service, delivered over the most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes. Related Quotes. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
When it rains, it really floods Jul 2, 2009
Cable television service in some areas was also briefly affected, according to Time Warner. "Flash flooding was the main threat with these storms," Frugis said, adding flash flood warnings were posted for Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer and Washington counties. (Albany Times Union)
Cox restores service to cable customers May 28, 2009
Cox Communications reported a large outage in its cable television service in Phoenix and southern Arizona on Wednesday morning, but said just after noon that the problem had been fixed. Officials declined to say how many of the company's 2 million Arizona customers were affected, but said the disruption mostly affected television, with some high-speed Internet and telephone service interruptions as well. (AZCentral -- Business)
PANORA TELCO May 8, 2009
"There are the obvious benefits that the new network offers customers by providing significant bandwidth. Additionally, since this new fiber network will extend to all rural customers, too, there is the aspect of bringing new, cutting edge services to more member customers. And, we have not even mentioned the potential economic development benefits or the fact that this network really is the foundation for our services long into the future." The project, which will start after Memorial Day and... (The Guthrian, IA)
Houses moved to avoid bulldozer (29) May 8, 2009
Helen Vanderzanden thought there was something wrong with her cable television service Thursday morning, so she called Comcast to find out what was going on. They told me a couple houses were going to be moved down our street, Vanderzanden said, as she watched the second of the duo slowly being pulled down Southwest Leonard Street about 10 a.m. It s pretty cool. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
* NCC to hold hearings on two TV stations ownership Apr 11, 2009
Lee said the commission had decided to hold a hearing before making its final decision because the case involved a group simultaneously owning not only a terrestrial and cable television service, but also a daily newspaper. And since this is the first such case that the commission has been faced with, we want to be more cautious when reviewing the applications for ownership change, Lee said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Oceanic Time Warner service restored statewide Apr 2, 2009
The outage blackened Internet and cable television service to about 50 percent of its customers on Oahu and some Neighbor Island customers. Oceanic has about 416,000 customers statewide subscribing to Internet, phone and digital cable, said Alan Pollock, Oceanic vice president of marketing. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Recession sparks greeting: 'Hello, roomie!' Mar 13, 2009
With only one executive placement in four months, he said he's only eating at home, changed his cell plan and gym membership, suspended cable television service and his only travel plans amount to walks on the nearby beach. While all of these changes have been adjustments, the biggest one is yet to come. (CNN -- US)
Annual Plymouth Rotary auction runs March 13-15 Mar 7, 2009
Among this year s auction items are: a display ad in the newspaper, an antique walnut platform rocker, a crash prevention training course, a 60-minute European facial, a Bluetooth headset, self-defense classes, a Vera Bradley super tote, a soccer ball autographed by Taylor Twellman, an Epson Stylus photoprinter, a Magellan portable GPS system, four passes to Jenney Grist Mill, a two-week campership at Camp Clark, a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne, a Blushing Bride hydrangea bush, an Oregon wine... (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Cable companies mum on switchover Mar 5, 2009
Bandera residents are not the only ones getting the runaround from Time Warner Cable and WindJammer regarding their cable television service switchover. The City of Bandera has been kept out of the loop as well, and phone calls by the Bandera Bulletin to company administrators have gone unreturned. (Bandera Bulletin, TX)
DirecTV, DISH ask U.S. lawmakers for rural incentives Feb 25, 2009
Boucher said the law up for renewal was created to help satellite television companies compete against cable television service and offer consumers more programing choices. (Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Brian Moss). (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Will Verizon spur cable TV rate war? Feb 22, 2009
ALBANY Verizon Communications Inc. won't say when it plans to start offering cable television service in the Capital Region, and the company likes it that way. After all, if Verizon were to announce when and where it planned to start offering TV over its new fiber-optic system known as FiOS, then Time Warner Cable, the dominant local cable company, might figure out its strategy to try to foil it. (Albany Times Union)
WestGroup: Cell phone, Internet last to go Feb 20, 2009
Arizona consumers are more likely to put off vacations, cancel cable television service and dip into retirement savings than dump Internet and cell phone service or do without health insurance during economic recession. A survey by Phoenix-based found 40 percent of respondents saying they would put off vacation travel to cut costs in the down economy. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
* NCC set to amend article Feb 19, 2009
Two cable television service providers also chose to appeal to the Executive Yuan over the NCCs ruling demanding it lower the guarantee deposit fund as a condition for renewing their licenses. Kao said the amendment would still need to be approved by the Executive Yuan and the Legislative Yuan before taking effect. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
Mediacom offers cable during digital conversion Feb 14, 2009
"It gives a group of consumers a rare opportunity to test drive cable television service without any long-term obligation or costs," Doug Frank, Mediacom's regional vice president, said in a prepared statement. "There's no extra equipment to purchase or lease.". (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
